Combined suspender-tab and belt-loop for trousers.



A. LEIGHTON COMBINED SUSPENDER TAB AND BELT LOOP FOR TROUSERS.APPLICATION I'ILED JUNE 30, 1913.

5 55 O Patented July 28,1914.

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By O ATTORNEYS A. LEIGHTON.

- comma susrnmma A AND BELT LOOP FOR mousmsk APPLICATION FILED JUNE so,1913. 1 1@5,355D Patented July 28, 1914.

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WIT/VESSES- 6 4 V INVENTOR f (/MPW/ AM 42m BY v g I 7% 77 74 v ATTORNEYSTo all whom it may concern upon the outside ter portion of theImprovement-in a .and- Belt-Loop for Trousers,

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE stream LEIGHTON. or ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBIN ED SUSPENDEB-TAB AND BELT-LOOP FOR TROUSERS.

S pecificationof Letters Patent. Patented uly 2S, 1914;. Applicationfiled June so, 1913.- Serial No. 776,584. 4

Be it known that. I, ALBERT LEIGHTON,. a

of Erie, in the county of-Erie-and State of Pennsylvania, have made anew and useful Combined Suspender-Tab of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention relates to tabs, an'd more particularly'to aSuspender tab forming a permanent part of trousers, my objectbeing toprovide aflexible tab,

the lower portion of which is secured to the inside of the waistband,and the upper por-, 1)

tion of which is adapted to be turned down of the waistband, this lattaband thetrousers being provided with cooperating fastening means wherebyto secure the tab'in turned down position and in such manner as to forma belt loop.

The means above are shown ing, in whicha Figure 1 is a perspectiveelevation of the by which I accomplish the in the accompanying drawupperportion of trousers provided with my is a vertical-sectional .view'takensubstanimprovements.

Fig. 2is an elevation of one por ion of the trouse'rs waistband showingone of the suspendefigtabs secured in turned down position to forma beltloop. Fig. 3

tially on line 3-3 of Fig-s2. Fig.4 is a perspective elevation of theupper portion of trousers, illustrating a slightly modified form of myinvention. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion of the trousers' waistband showing the modified form of myinvention in turn-down position, asa beltloop, and,

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken sub-' 6-6 of Fig. 5.

to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, I preferably provide suspender tabs indicatedA the lower ends of which tabs are connected or secured to the innersurface of the waistband of trousers indicated at B, by suitable means,-such as for instance by buttons or preferably by rivetstantially on lineReferring now ing or stitching, as indicated at I) in Fig. 1,

I the upper ends of these tabs carrying metallic loops a adapted toreceive the usual flexi- -ble fasteners c of suspender straps C, or

other device. Each of the tabs A, A and A is also provided adjacent itsupper end with an outwardly opening socket fastener a, preferablylocated'in the metallic loop as shown, and is'formed of flexiblematerial suspender my-invention is waistband as particularly indicatedin Fig.

2, the socket fastener acooperating with a .stu'd fastener 6 carried bythe trousers. Thus with the fasteners'a and b engaged as shown in Figs.2 and 3, the main bodyportion of each of the suspender tabs'extendingover the outer surface of the trouserswaistband, forms, withthe'waistband of the trousers, a loop to receive the usual belt DI Fromthis it will be seen that 'urpose for which it isintended, and is highlyuseful, lmportant, and convenient where the user, wearing suspenders,desires particularly effective for the .whereby to permit the same to beturned .down over the outer face of the trousers to remove his coat, atwhich time it is only necessary to detach the suspenders C by means oftheir flexible connections 0, adjust the belt D in position and thenturn down the tabs A, A, .A and secure thesame over the belt as shownand described.

In the modified form of my invention as illustrated in Figs. 4'to 6inclusive, the suspender straps D are provided at their ends with slidesor metallic loops d, and the flexi-- ,ble fasteners e are carried by theupper ends ofthe upwardly projecting trouser tabs E, the lO\VI"6IldS ofwhich are permanently secured to the trousers in the same manner aspreviously described in connection with the tabs A, A and A In thismanner the necessity for providingtrouser tabs E with socket fastenersis done away with, inasmuch as the socket fasteners e of theflexiblemembers 6 may be utilized to cooperate with the studs F securedupon the outer'surface of the trousers. This latter form of my inventionwill be cheaper, as may be readily seen.

4 My invention enables the manufacturer of trousersto dispense with thesewing on of buttons and saves'time consumed and material used to makethe ordinary belt loops, and in to the manufacturer as well as economyand convenience to the user.

I claim:

1. The combination of trousers provided with fastening means at spacedpoints below its waist line, and flexible Suspender tabs sc-.' cured attheir lower ends to the inside of the these instances will be a greatsavlng trousers, for the purpose described.

2. The combination with trousers, of suspender tabs secured to andextending upwardly from the waistband of the trousers and adapted to beturned down thereon, and means for fastening the tabs to suspenders whenupstanding and to the trousers when turned down where y to form beltloops at spaced points around the waistband, for the purpose described.7

3. The combination with trousers, of tabs suitably connected to theinside of the waistband and extending upwardly therefrom, attachingloops earned by the upper ends of the tabs for connection withsuspenders when in upstanding position, and relatively. engageable'meanscarried by the tabs and the outer surface of the trousers whereby tosecure the tabs in turned down position, for the purpose described.

4. The combination of trousers provided with fastening studs at spacedpoints below its waist-line, flexible suspender tabss'e cured p at theirlower ends to the inside of the waistband at similarly spaced points ofthe tron sers, and flexible connecting members at the upper ends ofthe'tabs for engagement with suspenders, said flexible connectingmembers having lower fastening studs and upper f astening sockets, thelatter of which are also ALBERT LEIGHTON.

I Witnesses:

' GEo.-BRUNN,

F. J. BASSE'I'I.

